Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use, Volume 1A collection of more than seven hundred quotations from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. |
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ELBERT HUBBARD'S SCRAP BOOK PROVIDENCE - AN APOLOGUE HE other evening I was a little late in going down to dinner , and this was the reason : I noticed a number of dead bees lying on the floor of the lookout where I am accustomed to ...
ELBERT HUBBARD'S SCRAP BOOK PROVIDENCE - AN APOLOGUE HE other evening I was a little late in going down to dinner , and this was the reason : I noticed a number of dead bees lying on the floor of the lookout where I am accustomed to ...
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I think it's the seventh verse : ' And the Lord said , I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt , and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows ; " And I am come down to ...
I think it's the seventh verse : ' And the Lord said , I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt , and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows ; " And I am come down to ...
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-Robert Blatchford . reasonable creature , God's image , but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself . - John Milton . 30 30 Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself . - Frank Crane . O civilization is complete ...
-Robert Blatchford . reasonable creature , God's image , but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself . - John Milton . 30 30 Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself . - Frank Crane . O civilization is complete ...
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... and the sublime the aggregations of long ages of thought and admiration . Our earth is great not only because of what it has , but also because of what lies within its reach . The quest after ideals is the central reason of life .
... and the sublime the aggregations of long ages of thought and admiration . Our earth is great not only because of what it has , but also because of what lies within its reach . The quest after ideals is the central reason of life .
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There is always a reason , in the man , for his good or bad fortune ; and so , in making money . Men talk as it there were some magic about this , and believe in magic , in all parts of life . He knows that all goes on the old road ...
There is always a reason , in the man , for his good or bad fortune ; and so , in making money . Men talk as it there were some magic about this , and believe in magic , in all parts of life . He knows that all goes on the old road ...
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| Title | Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use, Volume 1 Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use, Elbert Hubbard |
| Author | Elbert Hubbard |
| Compiled by | Elbert Hubbard |
| Contributor | Wm. H. Wise & Co |
| Publisher | W.H. Wise & Company, 1923 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2022 |
| Length | 228 pages |
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